Category Archives: Freebies

How and why to use Script Labels in InDesign

Posted on November 17, 2009 by kris

In this blog post, I want to talk a bit about the secretive Script Label in InDesign. You might have noticed the Script Label palette, and wondered what it was used for – it’s under Windows – Automation – Script … Continue reading →

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LayerLifter 1.0.1 Released – Adds Document-wide Layer Nudging And Shifting.

Posted on October 29, 2009 by kris

Our LayerLifter freebie is a simple plug-in for Adobe InDesign that offers an alternative method for moving page items between layers, instead of using the InDesign Layers palette. With LayerLifter, the names of the document layers appear in the context menu of any selected … Continue reading →

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ImageLibraryLoader 1.0.6 Released

Posted on October 29, 2009 by kris

ImageLibraryLoader 1.0.6 fixes an issue that occurs when you try to paste from an InDesign library into the same frame a second time – the second paste did not work with the previous version. This version fixes that issue. ImageLibraryLoader … Continue reading →

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TextExporter 2.0.8 available

Posted on October 9, 2009 by kris

Our ever more popular TextExporter tool has had a face-lift. TextExporter is a free plug-in for Adobe InCopy and Adobe InDesign that allows you to export all text from an InDesign file to a single file – in either Text, RTF or InDesign … Continue reading →

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ImageHorn and ImageLibraryLoader Updated

Posted on September 16, 2009 by kris

ImageHorn is a free plug-in for Adobe InDesign to automatically resize or re-fit an image frame’s contents when the image frame is resized. ImageHorn has a new feature – it is now possible to ‘pre-assign’ a fitting option to an … Continue reading →

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How to Populate a Template With Images in No Time At All

Posted on September 16, 2009 by kris

This short article will explain how you can set up a template with a bunch of image frames, and then populate this template with images, much faster than you’d expect, using Adobe InDesign CS3 or above. The secret to this … Continue reading →

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APID ToolAssistant updated

Posted on September 14, 2009 by kris

We’ve just released an update to the APID ToolAssistant plug-in – version 1.0.47. This plug-in has no end-user features; it is mainly an invisible, yet critical component of many popular InDesign plug-ins, both developed by us or by other software … Continue reading →

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ImageHorn freebie has been updated

Posted on May 8, 2009 by kris

ImageHorn for Adobe InDesign is a free plug-in designed to enable dynamic image fitting (‘horn’ like in ‘shoehorn’). Dynamic image fitting automatically re-applies the selected fitting settings to an image each time you resize the frame that contains it. Version … Continue reading →

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InDesignProxy 1.0.7 Released

Posted on March 19, 2009 by kris

Lightning Brain InDesignProxy 1.0.7 is available for download! If you have a Macintosh with more than one version of InDesign installed, and you want to avoid accidentally resaving a CS2 document in CS3 format – then Lightning Brain InDesignProxy is … Continue reading →

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Lightning Brain InDesignProxy 1.0.6 released

Posted on January 19, 2009 by kris

If you have a Macintosh with more than one version of InDesign installed, and you want to avoid accidentally resaving a CS2 document in CS3 format – then Lightning Brain InDesignProxy is for you. Click here for more info. Version … Continue reading →

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